Emirates Red Crescent opens 300 housing units in Latakia, Syria, as part of operation ‘Gallant Knight 2’

An ERC delegation led by Rashid Mubarak Al Mansouri, acting secretary general of ERC, attended the inauguration of the homes. Al Mansouri was received by Hassan Ahmad Al Shihi, UAE ambassador to Syria; Dr. Hassan Muhammad Al Ghabash, Minister of Health of Syria; and Amer Hilal, governor of Latakia. Several officials and residents of the governorate were also present.

The ERC delegation laid the foundation stone for another housing project that will include 500 prefabricated homes, as well as a school complex, a shopping center, a mosque and a medical center, as well as infrastructure services.

Improve humanitarian programs

The ERC delegation also received a relief ship during its visit to Syria with 196 tons of medical equipment and supplies, as well as several buses and a plane carrying medical aid and medicines to support the government and the medical sector.

The ERC has reinforced its humanitarian programs and development projects in the health, education, housing and services sectors to improve living conditions and restore normality in the governorates most affected by the earthquake.

In the health sector, the ERC has sought to improve the efficiency of the health sector in Latakia Governorate by providing it with high-quality medical equipment and supplies, 10 buses, medical furniture, consumables and medicines worth AED 40 million. This has benefited 7 hospitals that serve more than 9 million people.

In the education sector, 40 schools in Latakia have been repaired and renovated, benefiting 20,000 students of all levels. The “Knights of Education” initiative also covered the maintenance of Tishreen University in Latakia, providing it with 277 computers, 204 desks, 60 dental chairs and six mobile X-ray devices, benefiting 30,000 students.

In the aid sector, the ERC continues to provide food aid, medical supplies and medicines. In this sense, thousands of tons of these materials have been delivered by air and sea to those affected.

Rashid Al Mansouri highlighted that these vital projects and initiatives are part of ERC’s commitment to its humanitarian responsibility towards the Syrian people and to achieving their aspirations to improve their living conditions and enable them to overcome the challenges imposed by the earthquake. He pointed out that in the next period, subsequent phases of these projects will be opened, which are currently being worked on in several locations.